Best of 2014

WOMEN WOMEN WOMEN

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Features music from Chad Van Gaalen, The History of Apple Pie, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, Jerry Lee Lewis, My Brightest Diamond, more!

That Sound Mixtape Vol. 12

Indie Pop Rock - September 2014

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MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND_from THIS IS MY HAND_album 2014

diamond

Taken from the forthcoming album Move In Spectrums, in stores on Sept. 23 (EU) and Sept. 24 (US). 

Pre-order Move in Spectrums here: http://bit.ly/arsmoveinspectrums

Au Revoir Simone - Crazy

From the album TURNING ROCKS (2014, Secret City Records). Released April 7th/8th. Pre-order on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/ThusOwlsTurningRocks

http://thusowls.com
http://www.secretcityrecords.com/albums/turning-rocks

Upcoming 2014 Tour Dates:
03/04 London UK @ Ace Hotel   %
03/05 Amsterdam NL @ Paradiso 
03/08 Paris FR @ La Loge  #
03/13 Austin TX @ Maggie Mae’s (SXSW 3:45pm) 
03/13 Austin TX @ St David’s Bethell Hall (SXSW 9pm)  ^
04/05 Laval QC @ Maison des Arts *
04/02 New York City NY @ Rockwood Music Hall (8pm)   
04/08 Toronto ON @ The Horseshoe Tavern FREE (9pm) 
04/09 Montreal QC @ La Tulipe FREE (6pm)
04/11 Quebec City QC @ Theatre Petit-Champlain
04/17 Tulle FR @ Les 7 Collines

% w/ Esben and the Witch (DJ set), Jinwoo
# w/ La Feline
^ w/ The Barr Brothers, Timber Timbre, Leif Vollebekk, Basia Bulat, Maica Mia
* w/ Eliot Maginot

Thus Owls - How, In My Bones

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Mirrors the Sky

Feather Tongue

Lyla Foy - Feather Tongue

Make You Feel You Feel My Love

From the album 'St. Vincent' in stores now!
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/StVincentiTunes
LP/CD direct: http://smarturl.it/StVincentStore

More information, including news, 2014 tour dates and downloads at http://www.ilovestvincent.com

St. Vincent

Digital Witness

High Seas

Official music video: http://youtu.be/CePpTXIuQzY
Preorder it here: http://smarturl.it/buy-akr103

My Brightest Diamond, "Pressure"
from the LP "This Is My Hand" 
Available on CD /Vinyl / Digital 
September 16, 2014
from Asthmatic Kitty Records.

Lyrics:
mountain on top a fire below 
the pressure grows pressure
I feel the weight of a billion years 
come down on me come down
I tried to do it all right I went down down down
workin' hard little delight I forgot the sound of
diamonds

so bright I cannot hide 'em
so heavy I cannot mine 'em
all of this pressure's makin' diamonds
so wild I cannot tame 'em
so shiny I cannot name 'em
all of this pressure's makin' diamonds
disperse the white light

dancing on top the glitter glow
the pressure slows pressure
I feel the blade the cutting edge move out out out
I tried to do it all right I went down down down
workin' hard little delight I forgot the sound of
diamonds

pink purple green red yellow blue
I am in that mood indigo
pink purple green red yellow blue
I am in that mood for diamonds

Tour Dates: 
9/19/14 Detroit, Michigan
9/20/14 Toronto, Ontario
9/22/14 Cambridge, Massachusetts
9/23/14 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9/25/14 New York , New York
9/27/14 Washington DC
9/28/14 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
9/30/14 Charlotte, North Carolina
10/1/14 Atlanta, Georgia
10/4/14 Austin, Texas
10/10/14 Austin, Texas
10/12/14 Dallas, Texas
10/17/14 Stockholm, Sweden
10/18/14 Gothenburg, Sweden
10/19/14 Copenhagen, Denmark
10/21/14 Hamburg, Germany
10/22/14 Berlin, Germany
10/24/14 Brussels, Belgium
10/25/14 Amsterdam, Netherlands
10/26/14 Paris, Ile-de-France
10/28/14 London, UK
10/29/14 Leeds, UK
10/30/14 Glasgow, UK
10/31/14 Dublin, Ireland
11/8/14 St Paul, Minnesota
11/12/14 Grand Rapids, Michigan
11/13/14 Chicago, Illinois
11/14/14 Madison, Wisconsin
11/15/14 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
11/16/14 Iowa City, Iowa
11/17/14 Minneapolis, Minnesota
11/19/14 St. Louis, Missouri
11/20/14 Indianapolis, Indiana
12/2/14 Denver, Colorado
12/3/14 Salt Lake City, Utah
12/5/14 Portland, Oregon
12/6/14 Seattle, Washington
12/7/14 Vancouver, British Columbia
12/10/14 San Francisco, California
12/12/14 Los Angeles, California
12/13/14 San Diego, California

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My Brightest Diamond, "Pressure"

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From the LP "This Is My Hand." 
Available September 16, 2014.

Available on CD /Vinyl /Digital including limited edition translucent red 12" from Asthmatic Kitty Records.

Available in Canada from Paper Bag Records in frosted vinyl

Lyrics:
billet spied
bolt sped
across the field
crows fled
aloft and wounded
left one dead

lover killer
at the wall in the mirror

on the one side I can dream my future
on the other I can feel my nature

inside myself I have a moment to choose
to hold or to refuse
to shoot or to let loose
the cawing crow the pulsing throat

lover killer
at the wall in the mirror

on the one side I can dream my future
on the other I can feel my nature

I am a lover and a killer

My Brightest Diamond, "Lover/Killer"

From Chad VanGaalen's forthcoming record, 'Shrink Dust', available on April 29th on Sub Pop Records.

Pre-order: 
Sub Pop: http://u.subpop.com/1d56x6d
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/shrink-dust/id796732956
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Shrink-Dust-Chad-VanGaalen/dp/B00I6S48RO

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Shrink Dust

Monster

Chad VanGaalen - Monster

Taken from the debut album from Ela Stiles, due out Bedroom Suck on 2 June. This solo record is comprised entirely of a-cappella performances. It is her voice alone that fills the listener’s ear, and then her voice again, rising and falling in different vocal patterns both rhythmic and melodic, turning in on itself and creating layers of startling sound. 

iTunes

Ela Stiles - Kumbh Mela

this is a cover of a leonard cohen song. It's one of my very favorite songs.. I recorded this a while ago.. 


Merch

Seems So Long Ago, Nancy

Sharon Van Etten, 'Are We There' out May 27th (May 26th in the UK) on Jagjaguwar. 

Pre-order the album now:
iTunes: <a href="http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten3?IQid=vevo">"http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten3</a>
Amazon: <a href="http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten2?IQid=vevo">"http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten2</a>
SCD/Jag bundle: <a href="http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten?IQid=vevo">"http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten</a>
Indies: <a href="http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten4?IQid=vevo">"http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten4</a>


Sharon Van Etten
Artist Page http://www.jagjaguwar.com/artist.php?name=vanettensharon
Website http://sharonvanetten.com/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SharonVanEttenMusic
Twitter https://twitter.com/sharonvanetten
Instagram http://instagram.com/sharonvanhalen

Sharon Van Etten - "Taking Chances" from 'Are We There' out May 27th (May 26th in the UK) on Jagjaguwar.

<strong>TOUR DATES:</strong>
[all tickets: <strong><a href="http://bit.ly/sve_tour">jagjaguwar.com/tour</a></strong>]

Sun. May 25 - Brussels, BE @ Botanique Grand Salon (Nuits Botanique)
Wed. May 28 - Paris, FR @ Café de la Danse
Fri. May 30 - Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
Sun. June 1 - Koln, DE @ Studio 672
Mon. June 2 - Berlin, DE @ Privatclub
Tue. June 3 - Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet	
Thu. June 5 - London, UK @ KOKO
Wed. June 11 - Boston, MA @ Sinclair
Thu. June 12 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall at Williamsburg (Northside Festival)
Fri. June 13 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Sat. June 14 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Tue. June 17 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Wed. June 18 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Thu. June 19 - Millvale, PA @ Mr. Small's
Fri. June 20 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
Sat. June 21 - Nashville, TN @ Exit In
Tue. June 24 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
Wed. June 25 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
Sat. June 28 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
Sun. June 29 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Mon. June 30 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Wed. July 2 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
Thu. July 3 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
Sat. July 5 - George, WA @ Sasquatch Festival
Sun. July 6 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
Tue. July 8 - Calgary, AB @ Republik
Wed. July 9 - Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room
Mon. July 14 - Fargo, ND @ Aquarium
Wed. July 16 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Thu. July 17 - Madison, WI @ University of Wisconsin
Fri. July 18 - Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
Sat. July 19-Sun. July 20 - Louisville, KY @ Forecastle Festival
Thu. Aug. 7 – Sun. Aug. 9 – Goteborg, SE @ Way Out West
Sat. Aug. 9 – Olso, NO @ Øyafestivalen
Tue. Aug. 12 – Bezirk-Landstrasse, AU @ Arena Wien Open Air
Fri. Aug. 15 – Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop
Sat. Aug. 16 – Crickhowell, UK @ Glanusk Park – Green Man Festival

Are We There

Your Love is Killing Me

Pre-order on Amazon

Sharon Van Etten - "Your Love Is Killing Me"

http://linktr.ee/lettingup

LYRICS:
You're wondering why you're not here
You're wondering why you're not better
You're wondering why you're not here
Don't you know we'll last forever?

I'm on your side
Run with me and hide
I'm on your side
Don't push me aside

Stop thinking about it you're missing all the points
Remembering how you'll be missed
Discovering you're tough is hard I know
As you finish your steps, we'll go on another ride
You know I know you know it comes out the same
It conspires me, is it the easy way out?

Ride

Young Chasers is out now You can download from iTunes here http://po.st/YCf

Spotify: http://po.st/YCSpotify
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Circa Waves EP

Young Chasers

From Luluc's forthcoming full-length Sub Pop debut, 'Passerby', out July 15

Pre-order 'Passerby'
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/passerby/id859666524
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https://twitter.com/Luluc_Music
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Follow Sub Pop on SoundCloud @subpop


Passerby

Small Window

Luluc - Small Window

Our debut EP ‘Meridian’ is out now!

Buy on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/MeridianEP

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twitter.com/zola_blood
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Grace

Wishbone :: School of Fish

Download our debut EP, 'Lost In The Night' on iTunes https://po.st/LITNEPDL
(via Beatnik Creative)

Artwork: Wilm Danby
Extra Graphics: Natasha Rodwell

www.wearepalace.com
www.facebook.com/wearepalace
www.twitter.com/thepalaceband
www.youtube.com/thepalacechannel
www.beatnikcreative.com

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Bitter

"The search goes on for intelligent life. I'll be happy if they're easy on the eye".

Taken from the forthcoming Decoration album, Put Me Back on the Bike.

One Offs

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Paper Bag Preorder: http://shop.paperbagrecords.com/products/this-is-my-hand

From the LP "This Is My Hand." 
Available September 16, 2014.

Available on CD /Vinyl /Digital including limited edition translucent red 12" from Asthmatic Kitty Records.

Available in Canada from Paper Bag Records in frosted vinyl

Tour Dates: 
9/19/14 Detroit, Michigan
9/20/14 Toronto, Ontario
9/22/14 Cambridge, Massachusetts
9/23/14 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9/25/14 New York , New York
9/27/14 Washington DC
9/28/14 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
9/30/14 Charlotte, North Carolina
10/1/14 Atlanta, Georgia
10/4/14 Austin, Texas
10/10/14 Austin, Texas
10/12/14 Dallas, Texas
10/17/14 Stockholm, Sweden
10/18/14 Gothenburg, Sweden
10/19/14 Copenhagen, Denmark
10/21/14 Hamburg, Germany
10/22/14 Berlin, Germany
10/24/14 Brussels, Belgium
10/25/14 Amsterdam, Netherlands
10/26/14 Paris, Ile-de-France
10/28/14 London, UK
10/29/14 Leeds, UK
10/30/14 Glasgow, UK
10/31/14 Dublin, Ireland
11/8/14 St Paul, Minnesota
11/12/14 Grand Rapids, Michigan
11/13/14 Chicago, Illinois
11/14/14 Madison, Wisconsin
11/15/14 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
11/16/14 Iowa City, Iowa
11/17/14 Minneapolis, Minnesota
11/19/14 St. Louis, Missouri
11/20/14 Indianapolis, Indiana
12/2/14 Denver, Colorado
12/3/14 Salt Lake City, Utah
12/5/14 Portland, Oregon
12/6/14 Seattle, Washington
12/7/14 Vancouver, British Columbia
12/10/14 San Francisco, California
12/12/14 Los Angeles, California
12/13/14 San Diego, California

Buy on iTunes

DOREY THE WISE - Tidal Wave

Our debut EP ‘Meridian’ is out now!

Buy on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/MeridianEP

Follow Zola Blood

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zolablood.com


Meridian

New single from forthcoming album "It's A Pleasure" out Oct 20th.
Available for preorder on iTunes : www.smarturl.it/itsapleasure

Baxter Dury - "Palm Trees"

SWIM TEAM
4th full-length album

LP // CD // DIGITAL
bit.ly/SwimTeam_Bandcamp
_______________________

Spotify :: bit.ly/SwimTeam_Spotify
iTunes :: bit.ly/SwimTeam_iTunes
Amazon :: bit.ly/SwimTeam_Amazon
Google Play :: bit.ly/SwimTeam_GooglePlay
Deezer :: bit.ly/SwimTeam_Deezer
Tidal :: bit.ly/SwimTeam_Tidal

See upcoming tour dates :: bit.ly/AAS_tour
_______________________

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Inquiries: hello@armsandsleepers.com

Swim Team

BUY ON BANDCAMP

Waited 4 U from the upcoming record How To Run Away

Pre-order http://smarturl.it/SlowMagicRunAway

♡

Waited 4 U

PRE-ORDER THE NEW ALBUM 'Feel Something' NOW

Out 29 / 09 / 2014 UK 30 / 09 / 2014 US

iTunes: http://smarturl.it/THOAP-Feel-Something  
LP/CD: http://www.smarturl.it/THOAP-FS-RECORD

‘Feel Something’ will highlight what The History Of Apple pie do best, Stephanie Min’s sweet melodies and pop structure, morphed with the superb guitar sounds and hooks from Jerome Watson and Aslam Ghauri, cementing the band as a truly forward thinking British guitar band.

‘Feel Something’, the follow up to last year’s ‘Out Of View’ debut, features ten brand new tracks and was recorded over the last few months at Sublime Studios in London. Like it’s predecessor, the album was again produced and engineered by the band’s Jerome Watson with additional engineering by Joshua Third of The Horrors and Charles Reeves.

Formed three years ago, The History Of Apple Pie line up is centered around the songwriting partnership of Stephanie Min (Vocals) and Jerome Watson (Guitar) together with James Thomas (Drums), Aslam Ghauri (Guitar) and new recruit to the band Joanna Curwood (bass).

The band, who played last year’s CMJ Festival in New York, are set to announce UK and European Tours to coincide with the album release, in the very near future.

Jamais Vu

The eleven-track LP by Octave Minds (Boys Noize + Chilly Gonzales) is set to drop on September 14 via Boysnoize Records and to celebrate we've got a premiere of one of the album's best cuts, 'Anthem'.

The song starts of with some serene piano work from Gonzales which is backed by majestic horns and carefully place drum stabs. Around the two-minute mark the song explodes into a heavenly four-four ballad, one that encapsulates everything good about the respective artists.

Preorder here: http://octaveminds.com

Premiere: Octave Minds 'Anthem'

Be in the music video: http://thisismyhand.com

Local record store: http://smarturl.it/akr103indies
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/AKR103Amazon
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/akr103itunes
Asthmatic Kitty Records: http://smarturl.it/buy-akr103
Paper Bag Preorder: http://shop.paperbagrecords.com/products/this-is-my-hand

From the LP "This Is My Hand." 
Available September 16, 2014.

Available on CD /Vinyl /Digital including limited edition translucent red 12" from Asthmatic Kitty Records.

Available in Canada from Paper Bag Records in frosted vinyl

Tour Dates: 
9/19/14 Detroit, Michigan
9/20/14 Toronto, Ontario
9/22/14 Cambridge, Massachusetts
9/23/14 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9/25/14 New York , New York
9/27/14 Washington DC
9/28/14 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
9/30/14 Charlotte, North Carolina
10/1/14 Atlanta, Georgia
10/4/14 Austin, Texas
10/10/14 Austin, Texas
10/12/14 Dallas, Texas
10/17/14 Stockholm, Sweden
10/18/14 Gothenburg, Sweden
10/19/14 Copenhagen, Denmark
10/21/14 Hamburg, Germany
10/22/14 Berlin, Germany
10/24/14 Brussels, Belgium
10/25/14 Amsterdam, Netherlands
10/26/14 Paris, Ile-de-France
10/28/14 London, UK
10/29/14 Leeds, UK
10/30/14 Glasgow, UK
10/31/14 Dublin, Ireland
11/8/14 St Paul, Minnesota
11/12/14 Grand Rapids, Michigan
11/13/14 Chicago, Illinois
11/14/14 Madison, Wisconsin
11/15/14 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
11/16/14 Iowa City, Iowa
11/17/14 Minneapolis, Minnesota
11/19/14 St. Louis, Missouri
11/20/14 Indianapolis, Indiana
12/2/14 Denver, Colorado
12/3/14 Salt Lake City, Utah
12/5/14 Portland, Oregon
12/6/14 Seattle, Washington
12/7/14 Vancouver, British Columbia
12/10/14 San Francisco, California
12/12/14 Los Angeles, California
12/13/14 San Diego, California

My Brightest Diamond, "This Is My Hand"

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Nada Surf - When I Was Young

My Brightest Diamond, "Something of an End"

I have never loved someone the way I love you
I have never seen a smile like yours
And if you grow up to be king, or clown, or pauper
I will say you are my favorite one in town
I have never held a hand so soft and sacred
When I see you laugh, I know heaven's key
And when I grow to be a poppy in the graveyard
I will send you all my love upon the breeze
And if the breeze won't blow your way, I will be the sun
And if the sun won't shine your way, I will be the rain
And if the rain won't wash away all your aches and pains
I will find some other way to tell you you're okay

You're okay (x7}

My Brightest Diamond - I Have Never Loved Someone

Asthmatic Kitty Records is an independent record label that was co-founded by Lowell Brams and his stepson, singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens, in 1999. Since its founding, AKR has released albums by a variety of artists, including Lily & Madeleine, My Brightest Diamond and Helado Negro, and is currently home to Sufjan Stevens, Angelo De Augustine, Denison Witmer and The Welcome Wagon. 

Asthmatic Kitty was named after Sara, an orange and white tabby who wandered out of the woods pregnant and starving near Holland, Michigan in 1994. For fourteen years she brought joy as a beloved friend to Lowell, enjoying a happy life despite her initial hardships. Her asthma improved after moving west to New Mexico and Wyoming, where she lived out her days as an asthmatic kitty in name only.

My Brightest Diamond, "This Is My Hand"

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